Tory reaction Badenoch criticised for low profile

Kemi Badenoch, one of the Tory leadership candidates, has been criticised by fellow Tories for adopting a "submarine" strategy in which she has kept a low national profile during the riots which have spread across Britain over the last week.

- Rowena Mason

While rivals James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Priti Patel and Mel Stride have been appearing across broadcast TV channels and social media, Badenoch has not been prominent.

She has posted several tweets since the riots began, including one in opposition to the Gender Recognition Act and anti-strike legislation, but none of them address the violence directly.

Badenoch's main comment on the unrest was made in an interview in the Telegraph last Friday, in which she argued that there had not been enough integration in the UK.